Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

/ ECNANo4 anu AcoCu4D4lllR lEOu III AUltaE-
ance, has been found on Honey creek.
near Tiffin. Ohio.
An ivy vine La' grown through
the wall of the house of Arthur West
coat of Atlantic City. and ornaments
his sitting room.
| The manufacture of rubieS has
! reached such perfection that the srti-
ticlal product is often as valuable as
the natural stone.
The largest ''an hands roundv has
been figured ont 10y a man, who states
that If -, 600, 900 people should clasp
hands they could reach around the
globe.
The antiquity OF cities was, in
order, Meroe. Syene, Thebes. Mem
phis, Bubastes, Byblos OF Babylon,
Damascus, Sidon. etc, all built before
the year $500 b. q.
Lightning lifted the chimney from
lighted lamp in the home Of John
Mayo of Americus. Ga, extinguIshed
the flame, and deposited the unbroken
chimney in an upright position on the
table.
The most beautiful piece Of statu-
AIRY in existence is doubtless the
Apollo BelyiGere. 1t was found in A
temple at Antium and for 800 Years
has stood in the belvidere of the Yati-
can, Rome.
"A remarkable animal was captured
a short time ago in the swamps near
New Orleans. IL has the head AID
tail of an alligator and the back and
claws of a tortoise. 1t is on exhibi-
lion in Liverpool.
"A model husband. in the estima-
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ut Cornish, y. II. 1t is said of him
that he had never spent a night
away from home since his marriage,
iOTty-three years ago.
Six thousand three hundred and
! forty-one houses were destroyed by the
| burning of Moscow, when the Russians
set fire to their ancient capital rather
than have it fall into the hands of Ma
poleon Bonaparte.
The first burial in st. Paul's cath
edral was that of its builder, Sir Chris
! tOpher Wren. He was buried in the
extreme east of crypt. The earliest
statue erected was that of Howard,
the philanthropist.
Invention has never lessened the
reward of industry. On the contrary,
every substitution of machinery for
hand labor has increased both labor
and wages, because it has elevated the
standard of mechanical art in every in
dustrial channel, and has left behind
only those who failed to give intelli-
gent application and industry to their
calling.
The cities of Pompeh and Hercu-
laneum were overwhelmed by an erup-
ton of Vesuvius, accompanied by an
psaf-f "a oh R-F nd II
20. at the time the principal citizens
were assembled ut theatre, where
public 81 ectacles were exhibited. The
whole city and surrounding country
were buried by the ashes. For fifteen
centuries the place was lost entirely,
after which time the mere accidental
upturniDg of a vase led TO its reuncOY-
erIng.
In Algeria there is a small stream
which the chemistry OF nature has con-
verted into true ink. u is formed by
the union of two Tivulets, one OF which
! is very strongly impregnated with
| iron, while the other, meandering
through peat marsh, imbibes gallic
acid, another ingredient IN the forma-
| tiOn of ink. Letters and other manu-
| script matters are satisfactorily written
with this singular natural compound of
iron and gallic acid.
The earliest reference to shaving
| Is found in Genesis xii, Il, where we
| IND that Joseph, on being summoned
| before the king, shaved himself. SO
| shaving must have been a custom long
| enough before that occasion. There
are several directions as TO shaving IN
Levlticus, and the practice Is alluded
TO IN many other parts of Scripture.
The Romans never wore boards.
Sunday is so called because this
day was anciently dedicated to the sun
or its worship. Monday signifies day
| of the moon or day sacred to the moon.
Tuesday from Tiewes, the Mars of our
ancestors, the god of war, and dag, a
day. Wednesday from Welda, the
highest god of the Germans and Scan
dinavians, and dag, day. Thursday
from Thur, the god Of thunder, and
dag, day. Friday from Fria, the
goddess of marriage, and dag, a day.
Saturday from Saturn and dag Oar,
The meaning of the term asub
| rosa" " "under the rose" IS ain strict
confidence" Cupid gave HarpOcrates
1.-THE god of silence) a rose to bribe him
not to betray the amouTs of Venus.
The rose thus became the emblem OF
silence. 1t was sculpJured on the cell
ings of banquet rooms, TO remind the
guests that what was said there was not
to be repeated; and down to 1925 a
rose was placed over confessIOnals.
John Buckley, Of Meriden, Conn.
caught swapping turtle and took it
to the central telephone office, where
he purposed killing it with electricity.
He lot the turtle snap at one end Oh
wire, put another wire beneath It's
shell, and turned on the full strength
of the current. lie AYERS that he
heard the current 20 through il
making a noise ike a small planning
machine - and he left the turtle Il
dead. The next morning he found
the turtle walking around and snap-
ping at wires, as though lt wanted an
other taste of the current.
The tower which is being erected
by the Russians on the highest point of
the Mount of Olives Is already several
stories high, and but one more is TO he
added. 1t is to be so high TIT bc
the Mediterranean and Dead Sea NAV
be seen from the top. A number Of
bells will be placed in the tower. In
| digging the foundations seven Chris.
tlan graves were found together. with
! an inscription in Greek, in which H..
| word ''Stephanus' could be deciphere,
"A clock recently patented =
France is in imitation of a tambourine
on the parchment head of which IS
painted circle of flowers, correspond
ing to the hour figures OF ordinary
| dials. On examination two bees. one
large and the other small, are discov-
cred Crawling among the flowers. The
small bee runs rapidly from one flower
to another, completing the circle in an
hour, while the large one takes twelv
hours to complete the circle. The